infernaladj.n.

/ɪnˈfəːnəl/

Etymology: < French infernal (from 12th cent. in Littré), < Latin infernālis of the realms below, infernal, < infernus adjective, situated below, subterranean, of the lower regions, whence infernī the shades, inferna the lower regions, and, in later (Christian) use, infernus noun masculine ‘hell’.

A. adj.

1. Of or belonging to the world or ‘regions’ below, i.e. to the realm of the dead in ancient mythology, or the abode of evil spirits in Jewish and Christian belief; of, pertaining or relating to, hell.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [adjective]

nethereOE

hellena1225

infernalc1374

infern?a1513

hellish1530

helly1532

Avernal?1548

hellic1566

subterrestrial1592

Plutonic1596

Acherontic1597

Plutonical1599

Stygian1601

subterranean1603

Plutonian1604

Acherontical1610

subterraneous1631

subterraneal1643

Tophetical1684

pandemoniac1793

submundane1805

subterrene1809

netherworld1828

pandemonic1833

Acheronian1849

transacherontic1854

Avernian1864

trans-Stygian1899

c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iv. 1515 (1543) And this on euery god celestial..On euery Nymphe and deite infernal.

c1485 Digby Myst. ii. 412 The myȝte prince of the partes infernall.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 325^v To open a way to the courte of infernal Pluto.

1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Rebellion ii, in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) ii. 567 The miserable captives and vile slaves of that infernal tyrant Satan.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 3 The infernall powers beneath.

1645 J. Milton On Christ's Nativity: Hymn xxvi, in Poems 12 The flocking shadows pale, Troop to th' infernall jail.

1712 A. Pope tr. Statius First Bk. Thebais in Misc. Poems 30 By the black infernal Styx I swear.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 141 To ascribe this strange production to the operations of an infernal agent.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ix, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 213 The most abhorred fiend in the infernal regions is sent to torment me.

2. Of the character, or having some of the attributes of hell; like that of hell; hellish.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [adjective] > of the nature of

hellish1542

infernal1562

pandemoniana1788

pandemoniacal1862

1562 W. Bullein Bk. Use Sicke Men f. lxxix, in Bulwarke of Defence God deliuer us all, from soche infernall plagues from hence forthe.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 119 The forty load of Toback..fired, whose blacke vapour vpon free-cost, gaue the whole City infernall incense, two whole dayes.

a1691 R. Boyle Gen. Hist. Air (1692) 157 The heat of the island Suaquena, Gregory used to call, infernal.

1858 C. Kingsley Lett. I. (1878) 21 The infernal hiss and crackle of the flame.

3. Of the nature of the inhabitants of hell; diabolical, fiendish, devilish.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [adjective] > inhabiting > resembling that which inhabits

infernal1603

chthonic1922

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 101 The Sultan..carried with an infernall furie, defaced, and most shamefully polluted the sepulchre of our blessed Sauiour.

1660 J. Milton Readie Way Free Commonw. (ed. 2) 81 The language of thir infernal pamphlets.

a1731 D. Defoe New Voy. round World (1787) I. 126 An infernal project of the second mates.

1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. II. 368 Tophana..is still living in prison here, and few foreigners leave Naples without seeing this infernal hag.

1827–35 N. P. Willis Wife's Appeal 20 Voltaire, With an infernal sneer upon his lips.

1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years I. 607 An infernal plot, it was said, had been formed;..miscreants went about, poisoning food, wine, and the water of the fountains.

†a. infernal stone n. an old name for lunar caustic. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > corrosive or caustic > [noun] > mineral-derived

mercury sublimate1562

infernal stone1706

silver caustic1753

common or lunar caustic1800

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Infernal Stone, a sort of Caustick..so call'd from the exquisite Pain it causes in the Operation; it is the same with Silver Cautery.

1758 A. Reid tr. P. J. Macquer Elements Theory & Pract. Chym. I. 53 They are used by Surgeons, under the title of Lapis infernalis, Infernal Stone, or Silver Caustic.

1855 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Lapis Infernalis, the infernal stone, a term for the caustic potash.

b. infernal machine n. an apparatus (usually disguised as some familiar and harmless object) contrived to produce an explosion for the criminal destruction of life or property; formerly, an explosive apparatus used in military operations.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > explosive device > [noun] > bomb > booby-trap bomb

infernal1779

infernal machine1810

letter bomb1882

booby trap1918

parcel bomb1948

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Boarding Amidst the confusion occasioned by this infernal apparatus.]

1810 Naval Chron. 23 137 The infernal machine which was let off at St. Malo had no effect.

1816 W. Warden Lett. from St. Helena (ed. 4) 169 He [Napoleon] still retains his original belief in the contrivance of the Infernal Machine.

1863 R. Chambers Bk. of Days I. 109/1 It was the third time that what the French call an Infernal Machine was used in the streets of Paris.

1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times IV. liv. 154 Some rudely constructed infernal-machine was flung into his bedroom at midnight.

c. infernal fig n. a name for Argemone mexicana, a plant of the poppy tribe, with acrid seeds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > poppy and allied flowers > allied flowers

poppyOE

horned poppy1548

yellow poppy1548

sea poppy1562

garden poppy1577

wind-rose1597

prickly poppy1648

squatmore1691

oriental poppy1731

Welsh poppy1731

infernal fig1760

Mexican poppy1811

Meconopsis1836

redcap1846

horn-poppy1851

squirrel-corn1856

eschscholtzia1857

dielytra1864

Dicentra1866

yellow thistle1866

turkey-corn1884

Shirley poppy1886

1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 306/1 Infernal Fig, Argemone.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Fig, Devil's or Infernal.

5. colloquial. As a term of strong execration or condemnation: ‘Confounded’, execrable, detestable.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > [adjective] > as everyday imprecation

stinking?c1225

misbegetc1325

banned1340

cursefula1382

wariablea1382

cursedc1386

biccheda1400

maledighta1400

vilea1400

accursedc1400

whoresona1450

remauldit?1473

execrable1490

infamous1490

unbicheda1500

jolly1534

bloodyc1540

mangy?1548

pagan1550

damned1563

misbegotten1571

putid1580

desperate1581

excremental1591

inexecrable?1594

sacred1594

putrid1628

sad1664

blasted1682

plagued1728

damnation1757

infernal1764

damn1775

pesky1775

deuced1782

shocking1798

blessed1806

darned1815

dinged1821

anointed1823

goldarn1830

darn1835

cussed1837

blamed1840

unholy1842

verdomde1850

bleeding1858

ghastly1860

goddam1861

blankety1872

blame1876

bastard1877

God-awful1877

dashed1881

sodding1881

bally1885

ungodly1887

blazing1888

dee1889

motherfucking1890

blistering1900

plurry1900

Christly1910

blinking1914

blethering1915

blighted1915

blighting1916

soddish1922

somethinged1922

effing1929

Jesus1929

dagnab1934

bastarding1944

Christless1947

mother-loving1948

mothering1951

pussyclaat1957

mother-grabbing1959

pigging1970

1764 S. Foote Patron iii. 58 Bever... The infamy of being the author [of the play]. Juliet. What, is it bad, then? Bever. Bad! most infernal!

1794 R. B. Sheridan Duenna (new ed.) iii. 51 Well, it is the most unaccountable affair! 'sdeath, there is certainly some infernal mystery in it.

1866 C. E. L. Riddell Race for Wealth xv. (Tauchn.) 159 Her father boxed her ears, and told her not to make such an infernal fool of herself.

1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 213 His white trader friends told him not to be such an infernal ass.

B. n.

1. An inhabitant of the infernal regions, or of hell; an infernal deity; a fiend, devil. (Usually in plural.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [noun] > inhabitant of

infernal1582

urchin1583

subterranean1773

pandemonian1795

1582 Bible (Rheims) Phil. ii. 10 That in the name of Iesus every knee bowe of the celestials, terrestrials, and infernals.

1613 T. Heywood Brazen Age in Wks. (1874) III. 217 Vnmanacle the fiends, and make a passage Free for the Infernals.

c1790 W. Cowper Comm. Milton's Paradise Lost i. 114 To invent speeches for these Infernals so well adapted to their character.

1833 I. Taylor Fanaticism i. 6 Outlaw of humanity, and offspring, as he [the persecutor] seems of infernals.

†2. plural. The infernal regions. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [noun]

helleOE

hellOE

perditiona1382

perishingc1384

welling woea1400

hellwardc1400

Topheta1425

gehenne1481

to devilwardc1550

limbo1581

Averna1592

Hades1597

Sheol1599

other place1604

underworld1608

infernals1613

gehenna1623

lower world1639

netherworld1640

pandemonium1667

subterrenea1711

diablerie1776

inferno1834

ballyhooly1837

nether region1839

Sam Hill1839

Ballyhack1843

tunket1871

bogydom1880

1613 T. Heywood Siluer Age iii. sig. K2^v And with my club Worke my free passage (maugre all the fiends) Through these infernals.

1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode v. i. 73 And let me die, but I'll follow you to the Infernals till you pity me.

3. transferred.

a. A person of fiendish character.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > diabolicalness > diabolical person > [noun]

Satan?a1513

infernal1748

society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [noun] > devilish wickedness > devilish or hellish person

fiendc1220

Satan?a1513

dragon1568

Luciferian1647

infernal1748

pandemoniac1923

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. lxix. 333 They are a set of infernals.

1788 J. May Jrnl. 8 May (1873) (modernized text) 42 Only three days agone, some of the infernals [i.e. Indians] killed a white man.

†b. A thing of infernal character; in later use, short for infernal machine n. at sense A. 4b). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > hellishness > [noun] > thing

infernal1610

hell brotha1616

society > morality > moral evil > [noun] > place of evil > quality of being hellish > thing or person

infernal1610

hell brotha1616

hell on (also upon) wheels1843

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > cap > types of > other

toque1505

biggin1511

button cap1527

undercap1531

biggin1558

fool's cap1577

apex1578

blue capa1586

wishing-cap1600

Wantage cap1609

infernal1610

porringer1623

montera1626

montera cap1652

school cap1736

wing cap1775

balloon1784

balloon-cap1785

spider-cap1790

poke-fly cap1810

strap-cap1820

mandarin cap1835

porringer-cap1839

chechia1853

turban1862

mitre1877

turban-cap1881

half-cap1893

pillbox cap1897

Queen Mary hat1928

snap-back1937

songkok1960

pakul1982

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > explosive device > [noun] > bomb > booby-trap bomb

infernal1779

infernal machine1810

letter bomb1882

booby trap1918

parcel bomb1948

1610 Histrio-mastix ii. 219 Ush. One of you answer the names of your playes. Post..A russet coat and a knaves cap (an Infernal).

1779 Hist. Eur. in Ann. Reg. 87/2 That no mercy ought to be shewn to them, and if the infernals could be employed against them he should approve of that measure.

1809 Naval Chron. 22 203 Rockets, infernals, fire-devils.

Derivatives

inˈfernalism n. infernal system, practice, or character.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > hellishness > [noun] > abstract quality or thing

Tophet1618

infernalism1864

society > morality > moral evil > [noun] > place of evil > quality of being hellish

hellishness1573

infernality1805

Tophetism1859

infernalism1864

society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [noun] > devilish wickedness

devilrya1400

devility1588

devilship1644

devilism1647

diabolicalness1652

diablerie1653

diabolism1660

deviltry1772

demonry1805

diabolicity1861

infernalism1864

demonishnessa1930

1864 E. Sargent Peculiar II. 219 A noble people..manfully fighting the great battle of humanity against such infernalism as this.

1888 Voice (N.Y.) 20 Dec. In its plenary infernalism the rumseller's license implies the following contract.

inˈfernalness n. infernality (Bailey vol. II, 1727).Apparently an isolated use.

inˈfernalry n. a haunt of ‘infernals’.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

a1871 T. Carlyle in J. W. Carlyle Lett. & Memorials (1883) III. 199 Cockneydom with its slums, enchanted aperies and infernalries.

inˈfernalship n. the personality of an ‘infernal’.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1606 T. Dekker Newes from Hell sig. B1^v Had his Infernallship bene arrested to any action howe great so euer..(for the Diuell scornes to be nonsuited) he would haue answered to that too.

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单词	infernal
释义	infernaladj.n. /ɪnˈfəːnəl/ Etymology: < French infernal (from 12th cent. in Littré), < Latin infernālis of the realms below, infernal, < infernus adjective, situated below, subterranean, of the lower regions, whence infernī the shades, inferna the lower regions, and, in later (Christian) use, infernus noun masculine ‘hell’. A. adj. 1. Of or belonging to the world or ‘regions’ below, i.e. to the realm of the dead in ancient mythology, or the abode of evil spirits in Jewish and Christian belief; of, pertaining or relating to, hell. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [adjective] nethereOE hellena1225 infernalc1374 infern?a1513 hellish1530 helly1532 Avernal?1548 hellic1566 subterrestrial1592 Plutonic1596 Acherontic1597 Plutonical1599 Stygian1601 subterranean1603 Plutonian1604 Acherontical1610 subterraneous1631 subterraneal1643 Tophetical1684 pandemoniac1793 submundane1805 subterrene1809 netherworld1828 pandemonic1833 Acheronian1849 transacherontic1854 Avernian1864 trans-Stygian1899 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iv. 1515 (1543) And this on euery god celestial..On euery Nymphe and deite infernal. c1485 Digby Myst. ii. 412 The myȝte prince of the partes infernall. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 325^v To open a way to the courte of infernal Pluto. 1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Rebellion ii, in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) ii. 567 The miserable captives and vile slaves of that infernal tyrant Satan. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 3 The infernall powers beneath. 1645 J. Milton On Christ's Nativity: Hymn xxvi, in Poems 12 The flocking shadows pale, Troop to th' infernall jail. 1712 A. Pope tr. Statius First Bk. Thebais in Misc. Poems 30 By the black infernal Styx I swear. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 141 To ascribe this strange production to the operations of an infernal agent. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ix, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 213 The most abhorred fiend in the infernal regions is sent to torment me. 2. Of the character, or having some of the attributes of hell; like that of hell; hellish. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [adjective] > of the nature of hellish1542 infernal1562 pandemoniana1788 pandemoniacal1862 1562 W. Bullein Bk. Use Sicke Men f. lxxix, in Bulwarke of Defence God deliuer us all, from soche infernall plagues from hence forthe. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 119 The forty load of Toback..fired, whose blacke vapour vpon free-cost, gaue the whole City infernall incense, two whole dayes. a1691 R. Boyle Gen. Hist. Air (1692) 157 The heat of the island Suaquena, Gregory used to call, infernal. 1858 C. Kingsley Lett. I. (1878) 21 The infernal hiss and crackle of the flame. 3. Of the nature of the inhabitants of hell; diabolical, fiendish, devilish. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [adjective] > inhabiting > resembling that which inhabits infernal1603 chthonic1922 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 101 The Sultan..carried with an infernall furie, defaced, and most shamefully polluted the sepulchre of our blessed Sauiour. 1660 J. Milton Readie Way Free Commonw. (ed. 2) 81 The language of thir infernal pamphlets. a1731 D. Defoe New Voy. round World (1787) I. 126 An infernal project of the second mates. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. II. 368 Tophana..is still living in prison here, and few foreigners leave Naples without seeing this infernal hag. 1827–35 N. P. Willis Wife's Appeal 20 Voltaire, With an infernal sneer upon his lips. 1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years I. 607 An infernal plot, it was said, had been formed;..miscreants went about, poisoning food, wine, and the water of the fountains. 4. †a. infernal stone n. an old name for lunar caustic. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > corrosive or caustic > [noun] > mineral-derived mercury sublimate1562 infernal stone1706 silver caustic1753 common or lunar caustic1800 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Infernal Stone, a sort of Caustick..so call'd from the exquisite Pain it causes in the Operation; it is the same with Silver Cautery. 1758 A. Reid tr. P. J. Macquer Elements Theory & Pract. Chym. I. 53 They are used by Surgeons, under the title of Lapis infernalis, Infernal Stone, or Silver Caustic. 1855 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Lapis Infernalis, the infernal stone, a term for the caustic potash. b. infernal machine n. an apparatus (usually disguised as some familiar and harmless object) contrived to produce an explosion for the criminal destruction of life or property; formerly, an explosive apparatus used in military operations. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > explosive device > [noun] > bomb > booby-trap bomb infernal1779 infernal machine1810 letter bomb1882 booby trap1918 parcel bomb1948 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Boarding Amidst the confusion occasioned by this infernal apparatus.] 1810 Naval Chron. 23 137 The infernal machine which was let off at St. Malo had no effect. 1816 W. Warden Lett. from St. Helena (ed. 4) 169 He [Napoleon] still retains his original belief in the contrivance of the Infernal Machine. 1863 R. Chambers Bk. of Days I. 109/1 It was the third time that what the French call an Infernal Machine was used in the streets of Paris. 1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times IV. liv. 154 Some rudely constructed infernal-machine was flung into his bedroom at midnight. c. infernal fig n. a name for Argemone mexicana, a plant of the poppy tribe, with acrid seeds. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > poppy and allied flowers > allied flowers poppyOE horned poppy1548 yellow poppy1548 sea poppy1562 garden poppy1577 wind-rose1597 prickly poppy1648 squatmore1691 oriental poppy1731 Welsh poppy1731 infernal fig1760 Mexican poppy1811 Meconopsis1836 redcap1846 horn-poppy1851 squirrel-corn1856 eschscholtzia1857 dielytra1864 Dicentra1866 yellow thistle1866 turkey-corn1884 Shirley poppy1886 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 306/1 Infernal Fig, Argemone. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Fig, Devil's or Infernal. 5. colloquial. As a term of strong execration or condemnation: ‘Confounded’, execrable, detestable. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > [adjective] > as everyday imprecation stinking?c1225 misbegetc1325 banned1340 cursefula1382 wariablea1382 cursedc1386 biccheda1400 maledighta1400 vilea1400 accursedc1400 whoresona1450 remauldit?1473 execrable1490 infamous1490 unbicheda1500 jolly1534 bloodyc1540 mangy?1548 pagan1550 damned1563 misbegotten1571 putid1580 desperate1581 excremental1591 inexecrable?1594 sacred1594 putrid1628 sad1664 blasted1682 plagued1728 damnation1757 infernal1764 damn1775 pesky1775 deuced1782 shocking1798 blessed1806 darned1815 dinged1821 anointed1823 goldarn1830 darn1835 cussed1837 blamed1840 unholy1842 verdomde1850 bleeding1858 ghastly1860 goddam1861 blankety1872 blame1876 bastard1877 God-awful1877 dashed1881 sodding1881 bally1885 ungodly1887 blazing1888 dee1889 motherfucking1890 blistering1900 plurry1900 Christly1910 blinking1914 blethering1915 blighted1915 blighting1916 soddish1922 somethinged1922 effing1929 Jesus1929 dagnab1934 bastarding1944 Christless1947 mother-loving1948 mothering1951 pussyclaat1957 mother-grabbing1959 pigging1970 1764 S. Foote Patron iii. 58 Bever... The infamy of being the author [of the play]. Juliet. What, is it bad, then? Bever. Bad! most infernal! 1794 R. B. Sheridan Duenna (new ed.) iii. 51 Well, it is the most unaccountable affair! 'sdeath, there is certainly some infernal mystery in it. 1866 C. E. L. Riddell Race for Wealth xv. (Tauchn.) 159 Her father boxed her ears, and told her not to make such an infernal fool of herself. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 213 His white trader friends told him not to be such an infernal ass. B. n. 1. An inhabitant of the infernal regions, or of hell; an infernal deity; a fiend, devil. (Usually in plural.) ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [noun] > inhabitant of infernal1582 urchin1583 subterranean1773 pandemonian1795 1582 Bible (Rheims) Phil. ii. 10 That in the name of Iesus every knee bowe of the celestials, terrestrials, and infernals. 1613 T. Heywood Brazen Age in Wks. (1874) III. 217 Vnmanacle the fiends, and make a passage Free for the Infernals. c1790 W. Cowper Comm. Milton's Paradise Lost i. 114 To invent speeches for these Infernals so well adapted to their character. 1833 I. Taylor Fanaticism i. 6 Outlaw of humanity, and offspring, as he [the persecutor] seems of infernals. †2. plural. The infernal regions. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [noun] helleOE hellOE perditiona1382 perishingc1384 welling woea1400 hellwardc1400 Topheta1425 gehenne1481 to devilwardc1550 limbo1581 Averna1592 Hades1597 Sheol1599 other place1604 underworld1608 infernals1613 gehenna1623 lower world1639 netherworld1640 pandemonium1667 subterrenea1711 diablerie1776 inferno1834 ballyhooly1837 nether region1839 Sam Hill1839 Ballyhack1843 tunket1871 bogydom1880 1613 T. Heywood Siluer Age iii. sig. K2^v And with my club Worke my free passage (maugre all the fiends) Through these infernals. 1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode v. i. 73 And let me die, but I'll follow you to the Infernals till you pity me. 3. transferred. a. A person of fiendish character. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > diabolicalness > diabolical person > [noun] Satan?a1513 infernal1748 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [noun] > devilish wickedness > devilish or hellish person fiendc1220 Satan?a1513 dragon1568 Luciferian1647 infernal1748 pandemoniac1923 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. lxix. 333 They are a set of infernals. 1788 J. May Jrnl. 8 May (1873) (modernized text) 42 Only three days agone, some of the infernals [i.e. Indians] killed a white man. †b. A thing of infernal character; in later use, short for infernal machine n. at sense A. 4b). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > hellishness > [noun] > thing infernal1610 hell brotha1616 society > morality > moral evil > [noun] > place of evil > quality of being hellish > thing or person infernal1610 hell brotha1616 hell on (also upon) wheels1843 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > cap > types of > other toque1505 biggin1511 button cap1527 undercap1531 biggin1558 fool's cap1577 apex1578 blue capa1586 wishing-cap1600 Wantage cap1609 infernal1610 porringer1623 montera1626 montera cap1652 school cap1736 wing cap1775 balloon1784 balloon-cap1785 spider-cap1790 poke-fly cap1810 strap-cap1820 mandarin cap1835 porringer-cap1839 chechia1853 turban1862 mitre1877 turban-cap1881 half-cap1893 pillbox cap1897 Queen Mary hat1928 snap-back1937 songkok1960 pakul1982 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > explosive device > [noun] > bomb > booby-trap bomb infernal1779 infernal machine1810 letter bomb1882 booby trap1918 parcel bomb1948 1610 Histrio-mastix ii. 219 Ush. One of you answer the names of your playes. Post..A russet coat and a knaves cap (an Infernal). 1779 Hist. Eur. in Ann. Reg. 87/2 That no mercy ought to be shewn to them, and if the infernals could be employed against them he should approve of that measure. 1809 Naval Chron. 22 203 Rockets, infernals, fire-devils. Derivatives inˈfernalism n. infernal system, practice, or character. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > hellishness > [noun] > abstract quality or thing Tophet1618 infernalism1864 society > morality > moral evil > [noun] > place of evil > quality of being hellish hellishness1573 infernality1805 Tophetism1859 infernalism1864 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [noun] > devilish wickedness devilrya1400 devility1588 devilship1644 devilism1647 diabolicalness1652 diablerie1653 diabolism1660 deviltry1772 demonry1805 diabolicity1861 infernalism1864 demonishnessa1930 1864 E. Sargent Peculiar II. 219 A noble people..manfully fighting the great battle of humanity against such infernalism as this. 1888 Voice (N.Y.) 20 Dec. In its plenary infernalism the rumseller's license implies the following contract. inˈfernalness n. infernality (Bailey vol. II, 1727).Apparently an isolated use. inˈfernalry n. a haunt of ‘infernals’.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ a1871 T. Carlyle in J. W. Carlyle Lett. & Memorials (1883) III. 199 Cockneydom with its slums, enchanted aperies and infernalries. inˈfernalship n. the personality of an ‘infernal’.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1606 T. Dekker Newes from Hell sig. B1^v Had his Infernallship bene arrested to any action howe great so euer..(for the Diuell scornes to be nonsuited) he would haue answered to that too. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.c1374
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